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  2. THE TRANSVAAL LOAN.

    The "Daily Mail" gives a vivid description of the rush to take up the Transvaal loan of £30,000,000. It was said that before the day was ...

    Article : 1,028 words
  3. HEROIC GIRL'S FATE.

    Widespread indignation has been aroused at Boston (says a telegram of May 7) by the murder of Miss Nellie Sturtevant, daughter of Mr. James Sturtevant, a ...

    Article : 504 words
  4. THE GARDEN.

    Grass lawns, which were sown a couple of months ago, are showing a good green sward. These should be gone over occasionally, and all weeds eradcated, care ...

    Article : 332 words
  5. SCIENCE AND HEALTH.

    After weighing, measuring, and examining 600 children in Leeds board schools, Dr. William Hall states that he found Jewish boys heavier and better developed ...

    Article : 92 words
  6. AROUND THE WORLD.

    Mr. Ira Sankey, the well-known evangelist, who lately underwent an operation for the eyes, is now totally blind. ...

    Article : 27 words
  7. LUCKY GAMBLER.

    At the National Casino at Budapest, a club largely composed of Hungarian noblemen, a famous aristocrat named Bela Justh, a gambler known for his ...

    Article : 59 words
  8. SHOTS IN A CATHEDRAL.

    In the church of St. Stephen, in Vienna, a man fired several shots with a revolver at the congregation. A school teacher was wounded, apparently severely. The ...

    Article : 62 words
  9. THE CARELESS PUBLIC.

    Mr. Austen Chamberlain, who was the guest of the Newspaper Society at the Prince's Restaurant; Piccadilly, said that criticisms of the Post Office would ...

    Article : 158 words
  10. WHAT CONSTITUTES TREASURY TROVE.

    The Imperial Treasury has decided not to prefer any claim to the 70 sovereigns which were found hidden beneath the roots of a tree at Pontblyddyn, near Mold, ...

    Article : 78 words
  11. IS ALCOHOL A FOOD?

    The steady increase of drunkenness in France has caused a somewhat heated discussion among Parisian scientists and doctors respecting the food value of ...

    Article : 237 words
  12. WHY FRANCE WAS PREFERRED.

    The British Vice-Consul at Treport remarks:—"In December, 1902, small glassworks were started at Eu by a firm of London glass merchants, the object of ...

    Article : 80 words
  13. PAYING A FINE IN COPPERS.

    A King's Lynn butcher named Woollard, on being fined 10s for furious driving, handed a bag of coppers to an officer and then left the court. The ...

    Article : 86 words
  14. SUICIDE AS A RELIGION.

    The St. Petersburg police report the discovery of a secret society whose members are pledged to commit suicide on their thirtieth birthday. They contend ...

    Article : 107 words
  15. PLANT HOUSES.

    Plants of the different kinds of lily that have flowered during the autumn should at once be re-potted. It is necessary in all cases to re-pot before root action ...

    Article : 544 words
  16. CHANGE OF AIR.

    The quasi-miraculous benefits which are associated with change of air in the popular belief are in reality derived when they accrue from change of environment, ...

    Article : 194 words
  17. AN IMPERIAL BRACELET.

    The Kaiser not very long ago presented a curious bracelet to his Consort. It consists of seven oval medallions about the size of a shilling, jointed and framed ...

    Article : 84 words
  18. THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE.

    An anonymous correspondent sent a highly original suggestion to the Temperance Conference at Melbourne on Monday. It was that a prize of £200 be offered for ...

    Article : 1,018 words
  19. CANADA'S TRIUMPH.

    Thrown upon her own resources, and denied access for her natural products to her nearest market by the United States tariff, Canada appears to have ...

    Article : 78 words
  20. HELPING A YOUTH TO START IN BUSINESS.

    Trustees of the King's Lynn Charity advance money in stuns of £20 free of interest to young townsmen about to start in business. Repayment is ...

    Article : 89 words
  21. MYSTERIOUS EPIDEMIC.

    The coal mining industry of Westphalia is being seriously hindered by the prevalence of sickness among the miners. The disease is caused by an internal ...

    Article : 84 words
  22. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    A position in hand is worth a dozen is prospect. The blind man's dog despises the frivolity of other dogs. ...

    Article : 267 words
  23. THE ART OF REMAINING YOUNG.

    Although the present is said to be the age of the young, it is probable that in no previous period did those in advanced life receive greater consideration ...

    Article : 196 words
  24. STREET MOTOR OMNIBUSES.

    The motor omnibus built by the Fischer syndicate for the London General Omnibus Company made a satisfactory trial trip, maintaining a speed of ten ...

    Article : 138 words
  25. HEAVY SENTENCE FOR LIBEL.

    Mme. Jacquemin, an artist who complained that she had been slandered in the "Journal" by M. Duval, the writer, better known as Jean Lorrain, was ...

    Article : 53 words
  26. DEARTH OF CLEAN LINEN.

    Owing to a strike of laundrymen in Chicago, clean collars and shirts became expensive luxuries. Only five out of 100 laundries were open, 3500 laundrymen ...

    Article : 94 words
  27. TRIUMPH FOR SUBMARINES.

    Interesting manoeuvres have been carried out at La Rochelle, France, with the object of testing the value of submarines as coast defence vessels. The northern ...

    Article : 191 words
  28. SOME THOUGHTS ON GOLF.

    Undoubtedly the multiplication of golf courses in the neighbourhood of crowded business centres has greatly increased the amenities of life for many men. But it is ...

    Article : 300 words
  29. DARING RAFT VOYAGE.

    Captain Frederico Nenes, formerly an officer in the Brazilian navy, will this month undertake a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to New York on a raft having ...

    Article : 99 words
  30. NOT SAFE TO WAIT.

    Mistress (to Mary Jane, who has just given notice to leave at the end of the month to be married)—Would you be willing to oblige me by putting off your ...

    Article : 78 words
  31. VOYAGE IN A CAPSIZED SHIP.

    The escape from death of Captain Engellandt, of the German iron sailing vessel Erndte, will hardly find its equal in the annals of life-saving. The Erndte ...

    Article : 352 words
  32. COMING TO IT.

    Pat had just finished chopping the sticks for the good lady, and she, benevolent soul had asked him whether he would prefer a cup of tea or a drop of whisky. ...

    Article : 121 words
  33. "HAPPY ENGLAND!"

    Happy England! After one of the most expensive wars ever recorded, England is reducing her taxes. She declares proudly that the state does not require ...

    Article : 58 words
  34. SUGGESTED POLITICAL WALKS.

    The Stock Exchange walk to Brighton has inspired many others. Why not a Ministerial competition? We suggest a few items:— ...

    Article : 102 words
  35. A DIPLOMATIC DILEMMA

    The United States finds itself places in a curious position as regards Russia's action in Manchuria. It will be remembered that when a list of drastic ...

    Article : 179 words
  36. RESPITE FOR LOURDES.

    As the result of representations by a number of senators, deputies, and councillors-general of the Hautes Pyrenees, M. Combes, the Premier, has undertaken that ...

    Article : 55 words
  37. "GOOD NEWS."

    Recently I telegraphed to Colonel B Queer, of Quincy, Massachusetts, that I would arrive in his town the following day, to see him on important business. ...

    Article : 133 words
  38. "NEW SOCIAL EVIL."

    Training ships lately received magisterial condemnation at the West London Police Court. A cab driver complained to Mr. Rose that he and his wife could ...

    Article : 168 words
  39. THE PROPER WAY TO BREATHE.

    "If you with to very largely minimise the chances of infection, breathe through the nose," is the advice of the chairman of the Victorian Board of Health. Dr. ...

    Article : 433 words
  40. EXTRAVAGANCE IN DRESS.

    There is no denying that dress has reached an alarming pitch of extravagance. A lace collar may cost 20 or 30 guineas, a hat £10, a pair of silk ...

    Article : 84 words
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  42. DOCTOR'S CURIOUS WILL.

    In his last will Dr. Ladislaus Jasinski a leading physician of Lemberg, Galicia, bequeathed £13,000 to a fund for assisting widows of doctors, and ordained at ...

    Article : 68 words
  43. WEALTHY UNION INMATE.

    It was mentioned at a late meeting of the Greenwich Board of Guardians that an inmate of the union infirmary had recently died, leaving property to the ...

    Article : 141 words
  44. THE CROWNING TRIUMPH

    of modern medicine lies in the pleasantness of its great remedies. This is ex-emplified by the unparalleled popularity of Californian Syrup of Figs, the pleasant ...

    Article : 114 words
  45. WHEN YOU HAVE A BAD COLD

    You want a remedy that will give quick relief and effect a permanent cure. You want a remedy that will relieve the lungs and make expectoration easy. ...

    Article : 75 words
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